The mega rally of opposition parties in Kolkata has begun. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee received a tumultuous welcome as she reached the Brigade Parade Ground for the opposition’s mega anti-BJP rally on Saturday.

From early morning, thousands of Trinamool activists from the city and other districts of the state have been converging at the sprawling Brigade Parade ground, where a galaxy of senior political leaders from various parts of India would address the crowd, virtually kick-starting the Opposition’s campaign ahead of the coming general election. Many arterial roads of the metropolis were witnessing traffic congestion with the TMC activists hitting the roads with various sizes of processions amidst constant sloganeering “Modi hatao, desh banchao” (remove Modi, save country).

12.40 pm: JMM leader Hemant Soren called for “uprooting” the BJP from the country and said the opposition parties to give a “fitting” reply to the “communal” party in the next Lok Sabha polls.
12.35 pm: Zoram Nationalist Party leader Lalduhawma said the entire north east was “burning” because of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

12.30 pm: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani said the coming together of so many opposition leaders at TMC’s opposition rally gives a message for change in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

12.15 pm: Subhas Chandra Bose had given slogan to fight against ‘goro’ (Britishers), we are fighting against ‘choro’ (thieves): Hardik Patel at TMC rally.

12.10 pm: Visuals from the Trinamool Congress led Opposition rally in Kolkata

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